Updated to the recent OTA update on my wife's S8 and now the volume on her phone goes up and down on its own. It happens on YouTube and Pandora whether its connected to bluetooth or even playing on its own built-in speakers. We've tried searching for a solution but there doesn't seem to be a solution for it yet. We've even tried clearing the system cache as one post recommended but still nothing. Any ideas? How do I begin diagnosing this issue?
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so i plugged my (unrooted) N6 into my desktop last night to try to USB tether. Not only did the connection fail (all drivers are installed) but after disconnecting, The ringtones, dialtones, play music, and in-call audio through the earpiece stopped working. I later found out that the audio worked with speakerphone enabled but the mic was not responding. I went through all of Google's troubleshooting steps while chatting with support, performed a factory reset, and even went as far as manually re-installing the factory image (wiped the cache too), all to no avail. Then suddenly this morning just as i was about to RMA the handset with T-mo, it started working again. What i did notice is that the OS may be lowering the volume for these features to some undetectable level and then it gradually turns it up in use. Wondering if anyone has encountered this issue or maybe has some ideas about how to fix this because i am clueless about what happened...
Seriously this Nexus has big issue with the speaker. I see so many thread related to speaker issue....
It has to be all software related. WTH....
jtwlbz said:
Seriously this Nexus has big issue with the speaker. I see so many thread related to speaker issue....
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Started having an issue with my N6 this week when the media volume disappeared. Alarms and ringtones still worked as they should but music and videos were not putting out any sound, no media volume at all even though it was maxed out in volume controls. Thought perhaps I messed something up installing the newest PureNexus build so tried reinstalling to no avail. Searched around a few forums and saw that this has been an issue for some people going back as much as a couple years. This thread on XDA helped fix my particular problem: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/nexus-6-sound-t3021881/page2
From the OP of that thread:
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OK, so it turns out mine is to do with the headphone jack, maybe the software is buggy? But if I plug it in and take it out the sound comes back. The port is clean, so unsure why it is doing it? Oddly I have discovered that while it is having its issue with the sound, the google now voice keeps popping up as if I have said "ok google" (which is turned off?)
Hasn't done it for a while now though, will see if 5.1 cures any of the problems.
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This fixed my device though I've seen in other forums that this fix doesn't work for everyone.
My question: is anyone familiar with this problem and know whether it's a hardware or software issue?
I've just recently switched to a Samsung S10 (about a month ago) and keep having this issue. I set the media volume to 10% and then, all of a sudden, I'm browsing through facebook and BAM, volume is at 100 and a loud AF sound is playing and I'm in public (since then I disabled the start videos with sound on FB). It is weird to me because when I was using my old Huawei P20 I did not have any type of problems like this, but, nonetheless, I went over all my apps and uninstalled any useless stuff and all apps that somehow relate to sound and music.
Every time I disconnect from bluetooth my media volume resets back to 100. I even set a MacroAndroid to set media volume to 0 when I disconnect bluetooth and it STILL sets it back to 100, almost as if it is fighting the macro to get back to max. This happens on all my bluetooth devices too, it is not exclusive to one.
I unchecked the "use volume keys to media" trying to fix the issue and also turned the volume option on Developer Options -> Networking as well, to no avail.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I have gone through every setting and searched all over google but still coming up with nothing.
Appreciate any help in advance.
Have you figured it out?
I am having the same problem and it is extremely annoying. It happens to me in the browser, but also with Spotify...
Thanks!
very weird issue. stuff like this is usually only ever resolved with a factory reset and if that doesnt do it, its probably the bluetooth stack overflow having issues which is only resolvable by flashing the factory firmware in Odin.
Same problem here... Did anyone find a solution to this problem?
Stock Z3 running Android 9
Issue #1 the power button is very unresponsive.
Issue #2 No option to wipe cache partition. Is there another way to do this because the option isn't in the recovery menu on this phone.
Issues #3 & 4 - This is weird. I was listening to YT Music using bluetooth yesterday and the music randomly stopped. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time but later realized that none of the media audio was working. I turned off BT, tried different apps, force closed all running apps, checked all audio settings, and still nothing. The front speaker still works because it will play ringtones. I rebooted, reset app permissions, cleared cache on all running apps. Moto Mod speakers will not play media audio either. Also, noticed that the phone will no longer fast charge either. This is the first time this has happened so I'm thinking it's somehow related. I tried multiple chargers and cables and it charged extremely slow, so slow that the battery percentage would not go up while plugged in with the screen on. I didn't get it wet or anything unusual. This morning, I reconnected my BT speaker and audio still plays but still no sound at all on the phone or Mods.
The audio issue is probably the most important for me to fix. I can live with the rest. Anyone have any suggestions or similar problems?
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Stock Z3 running Android 9
Issue #1 the power button is very unresponsive.
Issue #2 No option to wipe cache partition. Is there another way to do this because the option isn't in the recovery menu on this phone.
Issues #3 & 4 - This is weird. I was listening to YT Music using bluetooth yesterday and the music randomly stopped. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time but later realized that none of the media audio was working. I turned off BT, tried different apps, force closed all running apps, checked all audio settings, and still nothing. The front speaker still works because it will play ringtones. I rebooted, reset app permissions, cleared cache on all running apps. Moto Mod speakers will not play media audio either. Also, noticed that the phone will no longer fast charge either. This is the first time this has happened so I'm thinking it's somehow related. I tried multiple chargers and cables and it charged extremely slow, so slow that the battery percentage would not go up while plugged in with the screen on. I didn't get it wet or anything unusual. This morning, I reconnected my BT speaker and audio still plays but still no sound at all on the phone or Mods.
The audio issue is probably the most important for me to fix. I can live with the rest. Anyone have any suggestions or similar problems?
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Have you tried a factory reset on the device cause it could have a bad file somewhere in the firmware
I got the OTA and one of the issues I ran into was actually listening to any media app ( Spotify, Youtube, YT Music, etc. ). Whenever I turn the screen off, the audio stops and when you wake the screen to unlock it has a terrible slowdown. I tried this in Safe mode and even factory reset and the issue is still there. I does not happen with the screen on if you're watching a video, etc. only when the screen goes off. Anyone else having this problem?
Edit: I think I found and workaround for this and was driving me crazy cause I listen to a lot of podcast/music whie driving Go to settings/system/developer options/default usb configuration/ and switch it to " no data transfer ". DO NOT tick any other option.
Yes, I am having the same problem, and since I use a wired headset for work calls all day, this is a significant problem.
Your work-around appears to work, but this needs to get fixed.
I have the exact same problem on my Pixel 6 since the March update, identical symptoms including the massive slowdown, and it's infuriating. While doing tests to try to find a work around it suddenly also blasted to 100% volume for some reason causing hearing damage.
April update fixed this issue.